As a non-American, here are my predictions for the next election:
-Candidate A will persistently make the claim that Candidate B is hostile to freedom, and his/her policies are inimical to democracy.
-Candidate B will persistently make the claim that Candidate A hates the troops and cozies up to dictators.
-Various news outlets will support both of the above contentions.
-Taxes will be talked about. A lot.
-A series of debates will be held in which both candidates will demonstrate their consummate skill in giving answers to questions that were not asked.
-The spouses and/or children of each candidate will be paraded in front of as many cameras as humanly possible, as if it mattered.
-Both candidates' campaigns will schedule appearances of their candidates: a) with small children; b) with cute animals; c) drinking beer; and/or d) eating a hamburger in a (very likely) successful attempt to show that their super-rich, immensely powerful candidates are 'just plain folks'.
-Each candidate with be found to have an inconvenient past which makes them unpalatable to voters, by which time it will be too late.
-Lies will be told, be believed, be exposed as lies, and still be believed.
-Some poorly educated, ill-informed boob with garlic on his breath and pigsty on his feet will get his 15 minutes of fame by yelling at one or the other of the candidates during a speech. He will be hailed by the opposing side as A True American Hero.
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I stand by these predictions.
Boru
-Candidate A will persistently make the claim that Candidate B is hostile to freedom, and his/her policies are inimical to democracy.
-Candidate B will persistently make the claim that Candidate A hates the troops and cozies up to dictators.
-Various news outlets will support both of the above contentions.
-Taxes will be talked about. A lot.
-A series of debates will be held in which both candidates will demonstrate their consummate skill in giving answers to questions that were not asked.
-The spouses and/or children of each candidate will be paraded in front of as many cameras as humanly possible, as if it mattered.
-Both candidates' campaigns will schedule appearances of their candidates: a) with small children; b) with cute animals; c) drinking beer; and/or d) eating a hamburger in a (very likely) successful attempt to show that their super-rich, immensely powerful candidates are 'just plain folks'.
-Each candidate with be found to have an inconvenient past which makes them unpalatable to voters, by which time it will be too late.
-Lies will be told, be believed, be exposed as lies, and still be believed.
-Some poorly educated, ill-informed boob with garlic on his breath and pigsty on his feet will get his 15 minutes of fame by yelling at one or the other of the candidates during a speech. He will be hailed by the opposing side as A True American Hero.
*****
I stand by these predictions.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
